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Bharatiya Janata Party has announced to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections alone in Punjab. There has been no talk of alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal. Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar gave this information through a video message. Jakhar said that this decision has been taken on the basis of the opinion of the people of the state and party workers. Voting will be held on 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab on June 1.
BJP has decided to contest Lok Sabha elections alone in the state: Sunil Jakhar
Sunil Jakhar said on Tuesday, 'After the opinion of the people and the opinion of the workers, BJP has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections alone in the state. He said that peace in border Punjab is the only way for strong progress of India and for the welfare of all sections of the state, BJP has decided to contest the elections alone.
SAD had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab in alliance with BJP.
Additionally, SAD contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Punjab along with the BJP as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). But neither side could achieve any significant result. Congress won 8 out of 13 seats. Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur seats went to BJP. Akali Dal won Ferozepur and Bathinda seats. Aam Aadmi Party won the Sangrur seat.
Shiromani Akali Dal broke ties with BJP in 2020
Shiromani Akali Dal broke ties with BJP in September 2020 in protest against the three agricultural laws brought by the Centre. After widespread protest by farmers, Modi government withdrew all three laws. Sunil Jakhar said that for the future of the youth, farmers, traders, laborers and everyone of Punjab, BJP has decided to contest the elections alone in the state. No one has done what was done in Punjab during the tenure of Prime Minister Modi.
Farmers are once again agitating demanding a law on MSP.
Farmers are once again agitating demanding a law on MSP. On this, Sunil Jakhar said that all the crops on which MSP has been announced by the Central Government are being purchased at MSP and the money is reaching the accounts of the farmers within a few weeks. The Punjab BJP chief further said that the Kartarpur corridor, for which people had been requesting for decades, became possible only because of PM Modi with the blessings of Waheguru. The Kartarpur Corridor provides visa-free 'darshan' to Indian Sikhs at the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara located across the border in Pakistan.